Professional Growth: A Right or a Requirement? Problems of Continuing Education for Psychologists

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Lewinsohn ◽  
Sherman Ross ◽  
Carl Zimet ◽  
Joseph Herrington
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Growth

scholarly journals CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: ROLE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AMONG TEACHERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Bhaskar ◽  
Padmalosani Dayalan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
The Impact

This paper aims to highlight the role of continuing education among the teachers of India. The study identifies factors which influence teachers in Higher education institutions (HEI) for continuing education. The paper also explores the impact of continuing education on career growth and development. A systematic survey was conducted among the teachers in Higher education institutions of Uttarakhand, India. Factor analysis is used to identify the important factors that influence teachers to enrol for continuing education. SPSS and AMOS are used to analyse the data. The findings of the study indicate that factors like time, financial support, job opportunities, knowledge, skills, and abilities play a detrimental role among teachers for continuing education. This study also reveals that continuing education has a positive impact on career growth and development of teachers. Continuing education helps the teachers to explore better career opportunities, provides job security, salary increment, and promotion which contributes to their professional growth and personality development. Continuing education in teachers demonstrates a significant role in the development of interpersonal skills, technical skills and inculcates self-confidence that contributes to their personal growth. The importance of paper increases amidst the COVID19 pandemic and the launch of the National Education Policy in India, as the paper will provide support to the Higher education institutes and Government to frame policies and strategies to imbibe continuing education as an integral part of the education system. The paper by enumerating its benefits, motivates the teachers to enhance their qualifications and enhance their future prospects.

scholarly journals Formal and Informal Continuing Education Activities and Athletic Training Professional Practice

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk J. Armstrong ◽  
Thomas G. Weidner
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Athletic Training ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Athletic Trainers ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Training Professional

Abstract Context: Continuing education (CE) is intended to promote professional growth and, ultimately, to enhance professional practice. Objective: To determine certified athletic trainers' participation in formal (ie, approved for CE credit) and informal (ie, not approved for CE credit) CE activities and the perceived effect these activities have on professional practice with regard to improving knowledge, clinical skills and abilities, attitudes toward patient care, and patient care itself. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Athletic training practice settings. Patients or Other Participants: Of a geographic, stratified random sample of 1000 athletic trainers, 427 (42.7%) completed the survey. Main Outcome Measure(s): The Survey of Formal and Informal Athletic Training Continuing Education Activities was developed and administered electronically. The survey consisted of demographic characteristics and Likert-scale items regarding CE participation and perceived effect of CE on professional practice. Internal consistency of survey items was determined using the Cronbach α (α  =  0.945). Descriptive statistics were computed for all items. An analysis of variance and dependent t tests were calculated to determine differences among respondents' demographic characteristics and their participation in, and perceived effect of, CE activities. The α level was set at .05. Results: Respondents completed more informal CE activities than formal CE activities. Participation in informal CE activities included reading athletic training journals (75.4%), whereas formal CE activities included attending a Board of Certification–approved workshop, seminar, or professional conference not conducted by the National Athletic Trainers' Association or affiliates or committees (75.6%). Informal CE activities were perceived to improve clinical skills or abilities and attitudes toward patient care. Formal CE activities were perceived to enhance knowledge. Conclusions: More respondents completed informal CE activities than formal CE activities. Both formal and informal CE activities were perceived to enhance athletic training professional practice. Informal CE activities should be explored and considered for CE credit.

scholarly journals A Study on the Effect of Continuing Education with Digital Technology on Professional Growth and Job Satisfaction of Librarians

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Zhou Luo ◽  
Kaijun Yu ◽  
Ruiyi Gong ◽  
Chunguo Jiang ◽  
Shanshan Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Professional Growth

Aiding Professional Growth through Continuing Education

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 422-430
Author(s):  
William L. Blockstein
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Growth

scholarly journals Teachers’ science camp experiences in southern Chile: Strengthening teacher identity and continuing education

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Silva ◽  
Michel Parra ◽  
Ronnie Reyes-Arriagada ◽  
Jennifer Brito
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Teacher Experiences ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Science Camp ◽  
Agents Of Change

Science camps for teachers have been held in Chile for several years and are recognized as important opportunities for continuing education, but they have been largely ignored as instances for impactful reflection on teacher self-assessment and identity. This article presents the analysis of teacher experiences at a science camp held in southern Chile called “Explora Va!”, which was designed not just as an instance for continuing education for teachers in scientific contents but also for individual and collaborative reflection aimed at strengthening educators’ skills as agents of change in their institutions. The question of this study was: how do the participants represent their teacher identities based on their experiences at the “Explora Va!” Camp? Using a qualitative approach, the results of the analysis of narratives from teachers’ camp journals are reported here. The narratives from these journals provide an account of two dimensions, personal and contextual, where the importance of the teaching profession and science teaching were explored beyond conventional disciplinary limits. Collaboration, innovation, and personal and professional growth at the camp served to signify and resignify professional identities based on common elements but attending to the particular circumstances and unique backgrounds of each teacher.

scholarly journals SOME ETHICAL ASPECTS OF FEMINISM AND EMANSIPATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Michael Domansky
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Activity Participation ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Personal Success ◽  
Moral Questions

Since its birth, feminism has been closely associated with emancipation. And now it is understood primarily as the liberation of women from discrimination, other trends remain, rather, the exception. Moreover, liberation as a goal is rarely called into question. At the same time, freedom is an ethical category, and the desire for liberation inevitably raises moral questions. Therefore, the connection between feminism and ethics is not accidental. The topics that I want to touch on are, in my opinion, key to understanding this connection. I will begin the discussion with what exactly feminism seeks to free itself from, and for this I will remind you of some facts of female discrimination. Most women in modern society are overburdened with double work: housework and work to earn financial security. As a result, they give up their careers for the careers of a husband. Well, if he understands this, and if he considers his personal success as a result of joint efforts, and not just his talent. The burden of homework interferes with both professional growth and political activity. If a woman, not neglecting her two works, begins to engage in politics, then this activity - participation in rallies, congresses, the search for sponsors and maintaining relations with them, participation in elections - becomes her third job. It is not surprising that in such a situation, women rarely achieve leadership positions, both in government and in business. Needless to say, double loading leaves few opportunities for continuing education.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH CARE

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 475
Author(s):  
Margarita Puķīte
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Assistant Nurse ◽  
Specialist Physician ◽  
Care Specialist ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Care Field ◽  
Respective Field

Any health care specialist – physician, physician’s assistant,nurse, nurse’s aid, midwife and other professionals of this field have to improve their professional skills, therefore it is important to go on learning to acquire the latest medical ideas and topicalities in the speciality, to get new knowledge, skills and competences. Professional growth and compliance with the respective field are assessed by a certification commission of any association and a certificate awarded which allows to do work in a health care field. The awarded certificate to a health care specialist serves as acknowledgement to one’s knowledge, skills and competences. In order to ease the ways for a specialist to improve knowledge, skills and competences, various courses, seminars and conferences are organized. By participation in these events specialists are awarded continuing education points, which have to be summed up thus giving an opportunity to prolong the the term for the acquired certificate. Themes for continuing education programme are offered specifying particular fields of health care .It allows a specialist to choose those programmes which give a chance to ease the solution of the most topical problems in practice

scholarly journals Continuing Education for Professional Growth

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald G. Hodges
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Growth

Continuing education program to meet future needs

1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
M Massler
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Future Needs
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